Rancano v. Chase Manhattan Bank

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Tompkins, J.), entered on or about December 7, 1999, which, in an action for personal injuries sustained in a trip and fall over a step stool in an office corridor, denied defendant premises occupant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiffs submissions raise an issue of fact as to whether the corridor in which she fell was dangerously cluttered with cardboard file boxes and step stools left there by file clerks. In addition, the affidavit of plaintiffs co-worker that he complained about…